Looking down on the Dick family property in the 1880s, with their home nestled among the trees in the...
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Month: May, 1881
Evening Post 04 May 1881
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Tramways, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0A short time ago a portion of the large tunnel in connection with the Wainui-o-mata waterworks caved in and...
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